From 1f3128aec84ea40d54423386384ad28a789cb381 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Jason St. John" <jstjohn@purdue.edu>
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2013 19:40:02 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] man: add DOI for refereed article on Forward Secure Sealing
to journald.conf(5)
In journalctl(1), be more explicit about the reference to "Seal=" in
journald.conf(5) and what information can be found there.
---
man/journalctl.xml | 8 ++++++--
man/journald.conf.xml | 10 +++++-----
2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/man/journalctl.xml b/man/journalctl.xml
index dced90f..d75c758 100644
--- a/man/journalctl.xml
+++ b/man/journalctl.xml
@@ -781,10 +781,14 @@
sealing key is stored in the journal
data directory and shall remain on the
host. The verification key should be
- stored externally. Also see the
+ stored externally. Refer to the
<option>Seal=</option> option in
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>journald.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- for details.</para></listitem>
+ for information on Forward Secure
+ Sealing and for a link to a refereed
+ scholarly paper detailing the
+ cryptographic theory it is based on.
+ </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
diff --git a/man/journald.conf.xml b/man/journald.conf.xml
index 7aa2e78..8e642a3 100644
--- a/man/journald.conf.xml
+++ b/man/journald.conf.xml
@@ -130,15 +130,15 @@
by
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>journalctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>'s
<option>--setup-keys</option>
- command), forward secure sealing (FSS)
+ command), Forward Secure Sealing (FSS)
for all persistent journal files is
enabled. FSS is based on <ulink
url="https://eprint.iacr.org/2013/397">Seekable
Sequential Key Generators</ulink> by
- G. A. Marson and B. Poettering and
- may be used to protect journal files
- from unnoticed
- alteration.</para></listitem>
+ G. A. Marson and B. Poettering
+ (doi:10.1007/978-3-642-40203-6_7)
+ and may be used to protect journal files
+ from unnoticed alteration.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>